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Christa Pike says she’s in constant pain after failed US execution, slams ‘incompetence’
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PUBLISHEDOct 30, 2026, 3:13 PM
What the source reports
Christa Pike said on Friday that she remained in constant pain and struggled to speak a month after surviving a lethal injection in Tennessee, a failure she blamed on “incompetence.
” In her first public statement since the execution, Pike said she never contemplated a life beyond her execution date and was prepared to die in peace, but woke up alone and confused in a hospital bed. “There hasn’t been a moment since…
Main source: SCMP
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